Pink Robin
By Michelle Morris
11/09/2023
Pink Robin, Pink Robin
Dressed so beautifully
Pink Robin, Pink Robin
Love and light and sweetness
So shy in your mating rituals
Your pink chest speaks for you
Not a frequenter of human gardens
You prefer rainforests of solitude
Pink Robin, Pink Robin
You're one of Australia's delightful treasures
Pink Robin, Pink Robin
You are a blessing without measure
The clearing of your habitat
Has made you, oh so, vulnerable
May deforestation be halted
And save your precious home
© Michelle Morris, 2023
He's not in a hurry, he takes his sweet time
A man once rich, now worth but a dime
Twenty years sober, a hard drinker he was
Frequenter of casinos, in his long-ago buzz
A man who stumbled badly; he fell from grace
Who hobnobbed with movers and shakers, an ace
Now enveloped in mystery, nondescriptly dressed
His past unknown, his cards held close to his vest
A man destined for greatness, hailing from wealth
Who chose gambling and drinking ---
Now sober again, in good health ---
His shuffling gate makes me dizzy, in its blissful stealth
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Who wants
to be put up
to the best of us
land trust or what’s this
an abuttal frequenter
this aint a story
for its my first
and last
form
of
poerty
A frequenter of concert square
A consumer of ecstasy
Thus was how I begot my teenage kicks
A cocktail mix of pills and beer
On a Saturday night
Bound for club
To dance away
Human traffic
Writhing to the soundtracks of the summer of love
Inside the dome of a super club
As God is my D.J
A child of Robert Miles
Faithless insomniac
I cant get no sleep
My ears bled from the beat
Starring into my bedroom ceiling
In the dark my pupils arch
Back to the strobe lights
I lay in wait
Counting sheep
Still underneath the chemical spell
Pulsations in my veins
The birds who chirp
And dawning sun that thaws between my curtain
Is the price the riders must pay
The entry tickets
When going out to play
With drugs inside your system
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